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Badger Cull debate at Westminster

A vote on the badger cull - following the two pilots in Gloucestershire and Somerset last year - will be preceded by a demonstration outside Parliament which could attract a coalition of wildlife groups from the West Country and beyond.

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DEFRA: We knew there'd be lessons to be learned

The Independent Expert Panel has not submitted its report to ministers and the report has not been published. We knew there’d be lessons to be learned from the first year of the pilot culls which is why we’re looking forward to receiving the panel’s recommendations for improving the way they are carried out, because we need to do all we can to tackle this devastating disease.

– A DEFRA spokesperson

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